Google Bard With Side By Side Drafts
A couple of weeks ago, Bard posted that for some questions, it might show you two drafts side-by-side. I have yet to see that in action, that is until now.
Google Explore Section Coming Up Closer To Page Two Of Search Results
Google Explore is a section in the mobile search results that generally shows up after scrolling several pages of search results. Google at some point decides to give you a more news portal interface after you scrolled through five dozen search results…
Google Explore With Products
Google is now showing products within the Google Explore section. Google Explore is the section you see in mobile search after you continue to scroll through the search results.
Googlebot Crawls Using Pacific Time Zone While In US
Google has added a single line to its Googlebot documentation to say that when Googlebot crawls from within the US, it crawls using the Pacific timezone. Google added, “When crawling from IP addresses in the US, the timezone of Googlebot is Pacific Time.”
Vlog #245: Chris Long On SEO Strategy & SEO Testing
In part one, we learned about Chris Long and his experience working with Bill Slawski. Then, in part two, we spoke about helping people with SEO on LinkedIn and using Facebook for a career change. Now, in part three…
Google October Core Update Heated Weekend Volatility
We are seeing high levels of volatility and SEO industry chatter over the weekend, starting late Friday, October 13th, through Saturday and Sunday. I suspect this is from the Google October 2023 core update and maybe some movement from the Google Octo…
Google Drops Host Groups From Visual Elements Gallery Since Indented Results Are Gone
Last week, we learned that Google officially dropped indented results from its search results interface. With that Google, on Friday, removed the “Host group” section from its visual elements gallery help document.
Google Tests Discover Feed On Google Home Page
Google is testing the Google Discover feed on the Google.com desktop home page interface. This test is currently in India, Google confirmed, and is just an experiment. Google’s Discover feed shows in the Google mobile app and you can turn it on within …
Google Consolidating Local Search Photos Guidelines
Google will make the “existing Local Services Ads photos guidelines on the same page as the Local Services platform policies,” the search company announced. This goes into effect on November 13, 2023.
Google Search Set Your Food Preferences For Restaurant Results
Google Search is testing a gear setting icon on its local places results to let you set your food preferences. This setting would then show you restaurant results that better match those food preferences.
Vehicle listings structured data for car dealerships
Google Search will start supporting vehicle listings markup, a new way to appear in vehicle listings on Google.
It now has its own Search Console Rich result report and is supported in the testing tool.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Ranking Heated Volatility, Google Ads Serving Bug, SGE Lite & More
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This week, we saw the impact of both the Google October 2023 spam update and the Google October 2023 core update with some really heated volatility. The day before…
Google Search Generative Experience Can Create Images & Text
Google has upgraded its Search Generative Experience to create images and text, not just give you answers and show you images or content from others. Google said SGE can now help with “creating an image that can bring an idea to life, or getting help o…
People Icon In Google Autocomplete Search Bar
Google Search seems to be testing adding a people icon in the search bar, auto-complete search bar. I am told the people icons only show up when in the perspectives filter, but I personally cannot replicate it yet.
Google Search Tests Links On Product Images
Google is testing having links overlay, like watermarks, on product result images. I can replicate this on some browsers, not all, so it looks like a test where Google can see if searchers are clicking on the link within the image or not.
Google Search Stops Indenting Results
Google has stopped the indented results, something Google has been doing for well over a decade. Instead, Google will just list out the result it would have indented in the main results.
Google Search Trending Seller Icon In Snippet
Google has a new “trending seller” icon for some product results in the search result snippet. This shows an arrow trending up icon next to the words “trending seller” below product results.
Microsoft: We’re Improving The Bing Image Creator Moderation System
Microsoft Bing image creator through the image creator tool or Bing Chat can make images for you using AI. But recently, it has come under fire around its moderation system for those images being a bit too strict and having too many false positives.
Google News Showcase Can Show In Google Discover
The Google News Showcase is new for those in the US and with that we are seeing content from within the Google News Showcase show up in more places. One place it can show is in Google Discover with a “Showcase” label.
Google Testing New Recipe Search Interface
Google is testing yet another new recipe search interface. This may be an ongoing test, as I cannot replicate it, but the recipe interface is way more interactive and useful than the current one.